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Pa. man admits tying up girl, 4, in garbage bag as 'punishment'

Updated January 31, 2018 at 9:46 AM;Posted January 31, 2018 at 8:01 AM

Kristopher Newman of Johnstown, Pa., never denied punching a 4-year-old girl, tying her up in a trash bag and leaving her in a cold basement with food just out of reach. He said it was punishment.(screen shot/WTAJ-TV )

In the end, the prosecutors and judge in Cambria County Court weren't buying it.

As WJAC in Johnstown reports, Newman pleaded guilty Tuesday to aggravated assault and simple assault for his 'punishments' of his girlfriend's daughter in 2015.

Newman now faces sentencing in April when he could get a maximum of 10 years in prison, WJAC reports.

Meanwhile, the little girl is facing a lifetime of emotional scars, according to the news station:

"She won't go in a room by herself anymore," the girl's father told WJAC. "Before this happened, she wouldn't let anyone sleep in her room because it was her room. Now she won't even go in a room by herself."